Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Huck Finn Research

For your short research you will research the following items: -Why is "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" so often challenged as a book that should be banned from schools? -How does the time period in which it was written affect the themes and topics dealt with? -Do you think the book deserves to be banned from schools? Why or why not? Use research to support your reasoning. -Present your research findings in a 6 slide Presentation on Google Docs (share it with me)

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

English 3 final exam essay

The following quotations from American literature express ideas with which you may or may not agree. Choose one, then argue for or against the idea in a persuasive essay. After stating and explaining the quotation, indicate your opinion of it. Support your opinion with logical reasoning and examples. Include divergent views or relevant perspective other than your own, and explain why you disagree. Remember the power of language in presenting an argument: Choose vivid language and use rhetorical devices, such as parallel structure, rhetorical questions, or restatement or ideas to enhance the presentation of your position. -Quotations -"The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country…" – Thomas Paine -"Whosoever would be a man must be a nonconformist." – Ralph Waldo Emerson -"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer." – Henry David Thoreau -Guidelines You must have 2 sources cited in your essay. Final essay should be one page typed, double-spaced. Remember, this is argument writing If you include fluff/filler you will be docked If you make simple mistakes in grammar and usage, you will be docked Turned in to turnitin.com by the end of Wednesday.